Paul sciioen



Patented July 5, 1898. P. SCH'OEN.

SHIRT.

(Application filed Oct. 6, 1897.)

(No Model.)

INVENTOH v ATTORNEYS W/TNESSES THE mums Perms co. PNOYO-UTHQ,WASHINGTON, u, c.

Ihvirnn STATES ATENT Enron.

PAUL SOHOEN, OF GLENS FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF Tl/VO-THIRDS TO ANNASCIIOEN AND ALBERT H. SILVERMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,898, dated July 5,1898.

Application filed October 6, 1397.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PAUL SOHOEN, of Glens Falls, in the county ofWVarren and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Garments, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The object of the invention is to provide certain new and usefulimprovement in garments-such as shirts, waists, &c.whereby heatemanating from the body of the wearer finds a ready outlet through thebosom of the garment and fresh air is free to pass through said bosomfrom the outside to ventilate the Wearers body without, however,producing any draft.

The invention consists in the particular construction and arrangement ofparts, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference inclicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as applied to a shirt.Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation of the improvement with some ofthe plaits open, and Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same.

The garment is provided with a bosom A, formed principally of perforatedfabric B- such as gauze, netting &c.,and on the front of the said fabricB are secured plaits O, sewed along one longitudinal edge to the saidfabric, with the free end of one plait overlapping the attached end ofthe adjacent plait. The fabric 13 and the plaits O are attached atSerial No. 654,257. (No model.)

their lower ends to the usual binding-band D, and the said plaits aresecured at their upper ends to the neckband E of the shirt, as isplainly indicated in Fig. 1.

In case the bosom A is made to open in front then the overlapping plaitsO O are secured at their inner edges to the ends of the fabric B, as isplainly indicated in the drawings, the overlapping plaits havingsuitable buttons and buttonholes for connecting the parts with eachother for closing the garment.

Now it will be seen that by the arrangement described the plaits O arefree to open outwardly to allow a proper circulation of air through theperforated fabric to and from the body of the wearer to properlyventilate the body and relieve the same of excessive heat emanating fromthe body, especially in summer time.

In case a strong wind strikes the bosom then the plaits O readily closethe same as valves to prevent the wind or air from passing to the bodyof the wearer.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- A shirt or the like having its bosom formed ofa backing of open-mesh fabric, and a series of independent plaits eachsecured along one longitudinal edge to the outer surface of the backingand overlapping one another, substantially as described.

PAUL SCHOEN.

lVitnesses:

Tnno. G. HOSTER, J NO. M. BITTER.

